DIARY - France to October 31

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Paris local time is GMT +2 hours.

MACRO
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DATE GMT LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD MEDIAN PRIOR
TIME FORECAST
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20/09 0658 0858 Flash mfg PMI Sept 46.4 46.0
0658 0858 Flash serv PMI Sept 49.4 49.2
0658 0858 Flash comp PMI Sept 48.0
25/09 0645 0845 Business morale Sept 90
0645 0845 Housing starts Aug -9.4 pct
26/09 0645 0845 Consumer morale Sept 87
1600 1800 Unemployment (gvt) Aug +41,300
28/09 0530 0730 GDP (final) Q2 0.0 pct
0645 0845 Maastricht debt Q2
0645 0845 Producer prices Jul-Aug -0.9 pct

0645 0845 Consumer spending Jul-Aug +0.1 pct
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01/10 0748 0948 Manufacturing PMI Sept
03/10 0748 0948 Services PMI Sept
04/10 2000 2200 INSEE outlook Q3
08/10 1000 1200 OECD lead Aug
09/10 0645 0845 State budget Aug
0645 0845 Trade balance Aug -4.27 bln
0645 0845 French exports Aug 36.58 bln
0645 0845 French imports Aug 42.34 bln
10/10 0645 0845 Industrial output Aug +0.2 pct
11/10 0645 0845 Inflation Sept +2.4 pct
12/10 0645 0845 Current account Aug -2.5 bln
23/10 0645 0845 Business morale Oct
24/10 0658 0858 Flash mfg PMI Oct
0658 0858 Flash serv PMI Oct
0658 0858 Flash comp PMI Oct
25/10 1600 1800 Unemployment (gvt) Sept
26/10 0645 0845 Consumer morale Oct
0645 0845 INSEE demand survey Q3
30/10 0645 0845 Housing starts Sept
31/10 0645 0845 Consumer spending Sept
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POLITICAL/ECONOMIC/GENERAL EVENTS

-------------------Wednesday September 19, 2012-----------------
PARIS - The French government is to present legislation to
parliament to ratify the European Union budget responsibility
pact.
PARIS - President Francois Hollande attends a ceremony for
the victims of terrorism (1500 GMT).

-------------------Thursday September 20, 2012------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTAN medium-term treasury notes (0850
GMT).
PARIS - Auction of OATi index-linked treasury bonds (0950
GMT).
PARIS - President Francois Hollande meets employee
representatives from Peugeot's Aulnay car factory which is
threatened with closure (1230 GMT).
PARIS - President Francois Hollande meets Slovak Prime
Minister Robert Fico (1300 GMT).

-------------------Saturday September 22, 2012------------------
LUDWIGSBURG, Germany - President Francois Hollande meets
German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Ludwigsburg Palace in
southwestern Germany to mark the 50th anniversary of Charles de
Gaulle's speech to German youth.

-------------------Monday September 24, 2012--------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).
NEW YORK, United States - President Francois Hollande
attends United Nations General Assembly (to Sept. 26).

-------------------Tuesday September 25, 2012-------------------
PARIS - Start of Spring/Summer 2013 Ready-to-Wear Fashion
Week (to Oct. 3).

-------------------Wednesday September 26, 2012-----------------
PARIS - President Francois Hollande's government is expected
to present its 2013 budget.

-------------------Monday October 1, 2012-----------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).

-------------------Tuesday October 2, 2012----------------------
PARIS - Start of Paris Motor Show.

-------------------Thursday October 4, 2012---------------------
PARIS - Auction of OAT treasury notes (0850 GMT).

-------------------Monday October 8, 2012-----------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).

-------------------Wednesday October 10, 2012-------------------
PARIS - President Francois Hollande holds Franco-Spanish
summit with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

-------------------Friday October 12, 2012----------------------
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo - President Francois
Hollande attends annual Francophone conference (to Oct. 14).

-------------------Monday October 14, 2012----------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).

-------------------Thursday October 18, 2012--------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTAN medium-term treasury notes (0850
GMT).
PARIS - Auction of OATi index-linked treasury bonds (0950
GMT).

-------------------Monday October 22, 2012----------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).

-------------------Wednesday October 24, 2012-------------------
PARIS - French appeals court delivers its final verdict on
Jerome Kerviel, the former Societe Generale trader sentenced to
three years in prison in France's biggest ever rogue trading
scandal.

-------------------Monday October 29, 2012----------------------
PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1250 GMT).

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